The number of marriages celebrated in
Italy in 2021 rose by 86.3% to 180,416 over the previous year,
ISTAT said in a report published Monday.
The number was still not back to pre-Covid levels, added the
national statistics institute.
Religious ceremonies almost tripled compared to 2020 but were
still down 5.1% compared to before the pandemic.
Preliminary data for marriages from the first nine months of
2022 showed a 4.8% increase over the same period in 2021, driven
by a 10.8% increase in civil weddings.
Civil unions instead rose by 32% in the first nine months of
2022 compared to the same period in 2021, according to the ISTAT
report "Marriages, civil unions, separations and divorces in
2021".
First-time marriages in 2021 rose more than twofold to 142.394,
accounting for 78.9% of the total.
In 2021 sme 38.022 second marriages were also celebrated, up
0.2% over the previous year.
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